Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:06:04 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Pollywog <lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me "^?" Message-ID: <20070915070604.GA54060@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <200709150117.58753.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> References: <20070915010103.GA54302@thought.org> <200709150117.58753.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com>
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On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 01:17:58AM +0000, Pollywog wrote:
> On Saturday 15 September 2007 01:01:03 Gary Kline wrote:
> > Sometimes when I ssh from a remote server and edit a file with
> > vi, my [Backspace keys] are not interpretered correctly.
> > Instead of erasing characters and backing up one byte and
> > clearing that character my cursor moves forward.
> >
> > Example: typing "This" as "thos" and backspacing to the 'o'
> > I'll see "thos^?^?" Can anybody 'splain what idiot thing i'm
> > doing wrong and how to fix it?
> >
> > tia,
> >
> > gary
>
> Does this also happen when you use vim?
> I wonder if you are really using vi and not ee or some other editor.
> I had many problems with vi so I did 'touch .vimrc' in my home directory
>
> cd ~
> touch .vimrc
>
> I use vim rather than vi and if I remember correctly, when I first installed
> FreeBSD, 'vi' was actually a symlink to 'ee'. I might be wrong about that.
>
>
To you and Aryeh Friedmanboth, nope, no joy. I was using the KDE
Konsole and finally selected the "freebsd terminal"; now the
"<-" key works, more/less." With Konsole I can have the BEL
('\007') sound; not with Terminal. I am still very much in
learning mode since I recently changed from CTWM to Gnome....
tx, guys,
gary
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